 Hey everyone, welcome back to Prime Answers, we're just going to jump right into your questions and throw a little bit of editing in this video just to, because I feel kind of bad, my lighting set up something good, my face is a little too dark, hat on, hat off, it is what it is. So let's just get first to the questions from Patreon. The first one comes from Corey Bowman, he says, you suddenly become aware you are living in Westworld, good show by the way, I haven't watched that the last season yet though. You immediately figure out if Eric and Edward Norton are host androids, or guests, humans. Which category does each of them fit in and why? I don't know that I'd be able to tell, I think that's the entire point of Westworld, is you're not supposed to tell who's a host, you know, who's an android, who's human, that's the entire point of it, I don't think I could tell, I think the only way to tell would have to be to cut off a limb. And I don't know that I want to cut off a limb of Eric, or poor Edward, so I don't know that I could actually think which category they would fit in, the hosts are so, in that show are like so human like, you know, it's supposed to be like this facade of like what the future could be if android technology and robot technology ever got that far, but yeah, I don't know that I could tell, and I think that's the point. So Corey Boehm then asks, inspired by the 90 day diet that I'm currently on, what are your favorite veggies and your favorite preparation methods? My favorite veggies, I like pickles, pickles are a big one, I like carrots, cucumbers, steamed broccoli that's actually a big part of the diet as well, like steamed broccoli with a little bit of salt and pepper and some garlic powder, those are kind of like my go to veggies, some people enjoy more of the lettuce kind of stuff or the kale, that's not really my kind of thing, although you know, if my diet has a day that calls for that, I'll have some. As for my favorite preparation methods, I don't really have like a favorite prep method for the diet on the whole, because I basically, I prepare all of my food almost a day ahead of time, I don't cook at all and then eat it usually because I'm too busy between my job and the kids and all that stuff, so reality is that diet wise, I just make the food ahead of time, I usually pan fry or pan cook almost everything in this diet because it's a pretty simplistic diet, it's very simple foods in small amounts several times a day, I mean you get your three main meals and two snacks, it's very simplistic, there's some protein shake stuff in there and you just kind of get enough to keep you satisfied throughout the day and into the next day and into your workout that I usually do at night now, so yeah, Corey Bohm comes up with another question, again if you're a patron you can get all these questions in right on our Discord server and he says, as CEO of Nintendo of America, you are asked to come with a pre-order promotion to be offered during E3, what idea do you present to Nintendo of Japan for approval? Absolutely nothing because I think pre-order promotions are garbage, I don't think they should be doing pre-order promotions, so my proposal to Nintendo of Japan would be, hey let's not do pre-order proposals, let's just create great games with great advertising. Corey Bohm comes in with another question, he says, Tropical Freeze vs Kirby vs Super Mario U vs Crafted World, rank the Nintendo platformers on Switch and explain your choices, this actually is not that hard, although Crafted World having only the demo it's not fair to even include that in the rankings, but Tropical Freeze to me is one of the best if not the best 2D sized scrolling platformers of all time, after that Kirby, Super Mario, Crafted World, Crafted World I almost need to set aside because I don't think you can talk about that with just a demo, but Kirby and Super Mario Brothers U, Super Mario Brothers U Deluxe is a better game than Kirby, so it would go Tropical Freeze, Super Mario Brothers U, then Kirby. Corey Bohm also gets another question and this might be his last question and he says, you are stranded on an island with every system ever made, but only 5 games, what 5 games do you bring? Well we're talking about games that have to be infinitely replayable but I'm on an island so I assume there's no internet connection, so a lot of multiplayer games aren't going to matter, so things like Smash Bros, as fun as they can be on your own, not really going to matter in my case, so it's going to have to be infinitely replayable single player games and there's not really infinitely replayable, it's just what games do you enjoy replaying over and over again. Secret of Mana, I'll make the list, Breath of the Wild, but make that list. Three more games, stuck on an island, need to be entertaining forever, man. You know, maybe Super Mario 64, all system, I'm trying to think if there's something from some other platforms that maybe I want to throw in there. Probably one of the Final Fantasies, I'm not sure which one, but there would be a Final Fantasy game in there, I'd have to go back and start looking at them, so that gets me up to four, and then for the last one, this is tough, because a lot of games when I think of replayability, I always think of multiplayer, so thinking of single player games that I care to replay as someone who doesn't really replay games, I think it has to be a game that I just have a lot of fun with and a lot of challenge, and for me, I think I'm going to have to go with Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, because even against NPCs on 200CC, there's just a lot of replayability there, and I really like that, so even though it's a multiplayer game, it's one that I have a lot of fun with in single player. Alright, the rest of these questions come from our people on YouTube, the first one from Waluigi, what a name, says, do we think we are getting any new joycon colors this year? I just finally got the yellow pair, so now I have neon blue, neon red, and neon yellow pairs, and to answer that, yeah, of course we're getting new colors, there's going to be colors that match different games, sure there'll be some green set or something that matches Link's Awakening, something for the new Pokemon game, yeah, there's going to be new colors, new colors are just going to be a constant as long as Switch is Nintendo's primary platform. Shadow King 1982 says, what would it take for video game movies to be good? Also, what are your thoughts on actors from movies that get criticism basically attacking fans of said franchises? The second point I'm not sure you're talking about, because I don't pay attention to interviews, see when you don't pay attention to interviews, or you don't pay attention to like these actors' Twitters, you don't really end up caring or knowing what the drama is, you just enjoy the films or don't enjoy the films, but in terms of what it would take for a video game movie to be good. I'm always of mind that video game movies need a good script, obviously, need a good setting, some respect to the IP, but still doing your own original work, and I think that's like the beginning, a good script with the right actors in a good setting that at least pays homage to the work, but does its own original thing, and yeah, I think that is really how you do it. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line we don't get a good mix of that, sometimes stick too close to the games, and in doing so games aren't inherently built for a movie format, so that doesn't work very well, some just don't put in the right actors, so a lot of them have absolutely horrendous scripts, so that's really what leads to a sinking of them, and some of them are not very original, so yeah, all of that is really how, at least to me, you get a successful video game movie, so as for thoughts on movies that get criticism, basically attacking the, you know, the actors attacking the fans, I don't think attacking the fans ever gets you anywhere, I don't, you know, you could disagree with opinions, but I think that's just them defending themselves, because they were really proud of that role, and they're upset that people aren't happy with them, I don't know, it's tough, they face so much, I mean, even me as a YouTuber, like, I face a lot of criticism, these actors, like, trying to play these roles in highly respected franchises, like imagine if Aladdin, that movie's really bad, they're kind of backlashy actors for Jasmine and Al, and well, obviously, the genie will submit there, imagine the backlash they would get if that movie's really bad, so there's just a lot that they go through that someone like me would never have to, so I try to put myself in their shoes and understand that, like, they're just, they're trying to defend themselves, and honestly it just makes things worse, and that's what I've found out, so I don't know, hopefully that's just something they learn from in the future. This one comes from Josh Moe, why does Nintendo have a wealth of small franchises like Sin and Punishment, F-Zero, Chibi, Robo, Doshin, The Giant, Pikmin, Golden Sun, Punch-Out, Advance Wars, Warrior Land, Punch-Out, I don't know why Punch-Out's listed twice in Paper Mario, but for some reason Nintendo just ignores them, or they make, as I said, they don't completely ignore all those games, some of the games had recent entries, but he says, but they make these bad spin-offs that are a slap in the face to fans. Can you tell me what you think is the reason Nintendo just doesn't care about these franchises, yet they give so much attention to bleep like One-Two Switch and Labo, they don't sell, what do you want me to tell you? Bottom line is, all those games you listed, they don't sell very well, they're more expensive to make, and they don't sell well, so cheaper spin-offs or games like One-Two Switch and Labo that move millions of units but doesn't cost Nintendo a fortune to make, that's what they're gonna make. Gotta remember, Nintendo's still a for-profit company, just be happy they even still make Metroid games, because Metroid games are another one that really don't sell that well, and cost Nintendo a lot of money to make. Heck, they just rebooted Metroid Prime 4 without any guarantee that it's ever gonna sell more than 2 million units, so you have to remember, all those franchises you listed are franchises that just do not sell. I mean, the answer is staring you, writing the faces, look at the sales data, it's very obvious why Nintendo de-emphasizes those IPs. Mitchell Clyburn says, do you want me to send another phone box? My wife and I have been thinking of other cool things. Sure, go for it, I'll never tell you what to do, never tell you what to send me, never ask you to send me anything, but yeah, I do have a public PO box, for those who are wondering, if you go to the about section of my YouTube channel, there is the PO box, so if you would like to send me something, you can, you know, obligation, no, you don't need to, but I do make videos about it when people do send me stuff in. Nintendo 64 as Kings says, where do you think the Mario series should go from Odyssey? Would you be in favor of a sequel like they did with Galaxy to save on development time? Or do you think an open world Mario game is possible a la Breath of the Wild, where all of the stages are connected to one another in a vast setting? I'd love to see that kind of experimentation. Where do I think the Mario series should go from Odyssey? Well, I think there should be a Super Mario Odyssey too, but besides that, I don't even think to save on development time, I just think people really want more Mario Odyssey, so like give the people what they want. But as for, you know, an open world Mario game, it's obviously possible, but I think that kind of goes against the nature of Mario. I don't think, I don't ever see Mario as a fully open world game. I don't think that's ever going to happen. Fully open world levels? Yes, fully open world game. So I think it's always going to have a hub or something of some sort. It would be interesting to see them go back to where the castle's a hub, like in Mario 64, but I don't know. I mean, I like the direction Mario's going in, so I don't really feel like I need to tell them what to do or have any hopes or aspirations. I think with Galaxy and Odyssey, they've kind of proven to me that they know what they're doing, so I'm going to let them be and just do what they want to do. I think Mario is best when Nintendo does whatever they want to do with it. Robert Schleicher, sorry if I butcher that name, he says, do you think a Switch Mini would be backwards compatible with DS slash 3DS games? The DS library is so huge, can't just abandon it. Do I think a Switch Mini would be backwards compatible? No. Can I understand why you would desire it to be? Sure. Reality is Nintendo Switch hardware is not the same hardware that's in a DS and 3DS, so they would have to include extra chips inside of the Switch Mini, which would therefore make the Switch Mini more expensive and Ergo make it less attractive on the market. So I don't think they're going to make it backwards compatible at all. Nope, sorry. And that's assuming it didn't even exist. We don't even know Switch Mini's real. We don't know Switch Pro's real. All we know is the Switch we have now. Dungeon Master Z390 says, if Nintendo doesn't design their console to be a hybrid, do you think they would return to the two-pillar system they had before? You remember they have a handheld home console? I don't think Nintendo's ever going to return to a time when they had a handheld home console. One or the other would be completely abandoned someday. That's just my take on it. Obviously, never say never, but I'm saying never because it's just what I believe. Marino's Basia Dacus says, how important is it for the Switch to add SNES, Game Boy, and GameCube games, etc. to the virtual console? I don't think it's important at all. I think a lot of people really care about it. A lot of people would like to see SNES and GameCube and N64 and all that added to the Nintendo Switch Online service, but in terms of important to Nintendo, they don't care. It's important to people who own a Switch. I think there's a lot of people that would care, but I also think the people that care about things like virtual console or retro gaming are a small number of people in comparison to the people that just want new games on Switch. I think more people care about the next Pokemon, the next Mario, the next Zelda, the next Metroid, the next Pikmin, the next Xenoblade, the next Daemon X Machina that's coming, new IPs. A lot more people care about that than they care about bringing old games back. So I think it's important for some people out there, but I don't think Nintendo places a big importance on it. And I think that's what's really frustrating to people that want that stuff. But I don't know what to tell you. I wish they were more like Microsoft in this way. Microsoft seems to have a pretty deep respect for their back catalog of games that Nintendo doesn't see, at least a deep respect to the users for their back catalog of games that Nintendo doesn't seem as amped to do. Now, granted, Nintendo has a lot more systems to deal with than Microsoft does, but still. I don't think Microsoft's going to abandon backwards compatibility on the next console either, even if they don't have a disk drive. They'll let you be able to somehow with an Xbox or whatever, Xbox One, register it to your user profile and bring it over or figure out a way. Or they'll just use Game Pass or something. They'll always be able to access the old games on Xbox. I don't know why Nintendo doesn't let us do that, but it is what it is. At first I thought it was just because they were going to release more like NES Classic, SNES Classic, N64 Classic, Gamecube Classic, Gameboy Classic, but they're not. At least they said they're not. So I don't know. BATNAV10 says, do you think Nintendo would ever make an adapter for the Switch to play 3DS games? Never say never. They've done this before. You guys remember the Super Gameboy? You guys remember the attachment for the Super Boy? You guys remember the attachment for the Gamecube? I think N64 had a way to do it too. It's possible, but Nintendo hasn't made an attachment like that in a long time. It didn't exist for Wii or Wii U, so I don't think they're actually going to do it. Could they do it? Yes. Are they going to do it? No. Because the hardware to play 3DS games isn't inside the Switch. They would have to emulate them. And I don't think Nintendo is interested in making a 3DS emulator for Switch. Eber Norton says, are you going to see Captain Marvel or This Is Us? I don't know what This Is Us is. I'll have to look that up. Captain Marvel I've already seen. And I liked it. It was pretty good. Better than people were trying to make it sound like to be because they didn't like the Brie Larson for some reason. I don't know. I tried to stay out of all that drama stuff on social media. So honestly, I thought Captain Marvel was pretty good. I'm not going to say it's like one of the best Marvel movies, but it definitely was better than Iron Man 3. And I like Iron Man 3. I like it more than most people, but I can admit Captain Marvel was better than that. And I think Captain Marvel needed to happen. I can understand now, after seeing the movie and seeing the bonus scenes, why Captain Marvel was necessary. Oh, and the new trailer as well for the next Avengers. This movie needed to happen before the Avengers happened. And if you pay attention to the comics, you kind of knew that too. But the mind of Thomas last question says, do you watch the Pokemon anime? Not anymore. I've watched the Pokemon anime in like 20 years. I watched the seasons like 1, 2, and 3, and then that was it. If for some reason it didn't stick with me like SpongeBob. Like SpongeBob, I still watch it this day. But not Pokemon. I don't know why. I can't really explain it. Anyways, thank you guys for tuning in to this episode of Prime Answers, or thank you all. You guys are wonderful, and I will see you next Tuesday. I shouldn't say that. That's a little meme thing. I'll see you guys next weekend with another episode of Prime Answers. Peace out.